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Job 28:22
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KJ21
Destruction and death say, ‘We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.’
ASV
Destruction and Death say, We have heard a rumor thereof with our ears.
AMP
“Abaddon (the place of destruction) and Death say, ‘We have [only] heard a report of it with our ears.’
AMPC
Abaddon (the place of destruction) and Death say, We have [only] heard the report of it with our ears.
BRG
Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.
CSB
Abaddon and Death say, “We have heard news of it with our ears.”
CSBA
Abaddon and Death say, ‘We have heard news of it with our ears.’
CEB
Destruction and Death have said, “We’ve heard a report of her.”
CJB
Destruction and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor about it with our ears.’
CEV
Death and destruction have merely heard rumors about where it is found.
DARBY
Destruction and death say, We have heard its report with our ears.
DRA
Destruction and death have said: With our ears we have heard the fame thereof.
ERV
Death and destruction say, ‘We have never seen wisdom; we have only heard rumors about it.’
EASY
In the place of death, they say, “We have heard only a little about wisdom, and where to find it.”
EHV
Destruction and Death say, “With our ears we have heard only a rumor about it.”
ESV
Abaddon and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.’
ESVUK
Abaddon and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumour of it with our ears.’
EXB
·The places of destruction [L Abaddon] and ·death [or Death; C the forces of the underworld] say, ‘We have heard reports about it.’
GNV
Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.
GW
Decay and Death say, ‘We’ve heard a rumor about it.’
GNT
Even death and destruction Admit they have heard only rumors.
HCSB
Abaddon and Death say, “We have heard news of it with our ears.”
ICB
The places of destruction and death say, ‘We have only heard reports about it.’
ISV
Abaddon and death said, ‘We did hear a rumor about it.’
JUB
Hell and death say, We have heard its fame with our ears.
KJV
Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.
AKJV
Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.
LSB
Abaddon and Death say, ‘With our ears we have heard a report of it.’
LEB
Abaddon and Death say, ‘We heard its rumor with our ears.’
TLB
“But Destruction and Death speak of knowing something about it!
MSG
“So where does Wisdom come from? And where does Insight live? It can’t be found by looking, no matter how deep you dig, no matter how high you fly. If you search through the graveyard and question the dead, they say, ‘We’ve only heard rumors of it.’
MEV
Destruction and Death say, ‘We have heard of its fame with our ears.’
NOG
Decay and Death say, ‘We’ve heard a rumor about it.’
NABRE
Abaddon and Death say, “Only by rumor have we heard of her.”
NASB
Abaddon and Death say, ‘With our ears we have heard a report of it.’
NASB1995
“Abaddon and Death say, ‘With our ears we have heard a report of it.’
NCB
Abaddon and the netherworld admit, ‘We have only heard rumors of it.’
NCV
The places of destruction and death say, ‘We have heard reports about it.’
NET
Destruction and Death say, ‘With our ears we have heard a rumor about where it can be found.’
NIRV
Death and the Grave say, “Only reports about it have reached our ears.”
NIV
Destruction and Death say, “Only a rumor of it has reached our ears.”
NIVUK
Destruction and Death say, ‘Only a rumour of it has reached our ears.’
NKJV
Destruction and Death say, ‘We have heard a report about it with our ears.’
NLV
The Place That Destroys and Death say, ‘We have only heard about it with our ears.’
NLT
Destruction and Death say, ‘We’ve heard only rumors of where wisdom can be found.’
NRSVA
Abaddon and Death say, “We have heard a rumour of it with our ears.”
NRSVACE
Abaddon and Death say, “We have heard a rumour of it with our ears.”
NRSVCE
Abaddon and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.’
NRSVUE
Abaddon and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.’
OJB
Abaddon and Mavet say, We have heard a rumor thereof with our ears.
RGT
“Destruction and death say, ‘We have heard of its fame with our ears.’
RSV
Abaddon and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.’
RSVCE
Abaddon and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.’
TLV
Abaddon and Death say, ‘With our ears we have heard a rumor of it.’
VOICE
Destruction and Death have both confessed, “Rumors are all we know about her.”
WEB
Destruction and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.’
WYC
Perdition and death said, With our ears we have heard (of) the fame of wisdom.
YLT
Destruction and death have said: `With our ears we have heard its fame.'
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